‘ framework was accepted by the
| college board and that he is em-

Monday, April 18, 1988

the Other Press

by Aeriol Alderking
Faculty has cut off communica-
tions with administration according

| to Len Millis, president of the
| DKFA.

eo
Annoyed by amemo sent to ’all

| excluded employees’ by Ross

Cameron; David Reynolds, Staff

: Representative, wrote a letter to

Cameron outlining his objections.
In his letter, Reynolds claims

that Cameron referred to the tenta-

tive framework discussed at media-

' tionasa "faculty proposal’. He also
| claimed that Cameron informed

him that the College Board had

|. Tejected the framework. Reynolds

also states that the faculty salary
proposal remains the same as tabled

January 26, 1988.

-.-Cameron says that the

powered to make decisions based
on language.He is limited by aman-
date concerning the total dollar

 valule of the package.

According to Cameron, after a
framework had been agreed upon,

| the mediation talks turned to
| money. He says he stated from the
| start,” I cannot talk about money if

the cost to the college will be in-

_ creased above our last offer. | am
_ prepared to commit to taking back
F any wage proposal to the board for
, their considerations without any
| recommendation from the college

negotiating team." He says this
statement was reiterated on several
occasions.

Cameron says the framework
was not rejected and that good
progress was made on the language
issues. He says the salary offer on
the table is better than any in the
province except one.

Reynolds says, "It appears to the
DKFA that you are attempting to
characterize a neutral recommen-
dation as a proposal from one side,
and thereby attempting to gain
some political advantage.”
Cameron plans to respond in writ-
ing by Monday.

In the meantime, the DKFA has
decided to respond by no longer
agreeing to the deletion of article
1:06. The DKFA still intends to
withhold students grades from ad-
ministration.

Millis says that they may issue
students a letter informing them of
their grades. However, SFU has
said they won’t accept any letters
and UBC has not responded.

Millis says the goal is to get a
collective agreement although it
may reveal inadequacies in the
‘government managing of the col-
lege in the process. Faculty meet
Tuesday to discuss by what
mechanism they could make stu-
dents marks available to them.

Day Loses Cool

The AGM held by the DCSS
held some unexpected surprises.

| The motion to donate $10,000. to

the Douglas College Foundation

| was defeated when three DCSS ex-

ecutive spoke against the motion.
Bill Day reportedly, called

Marilyn Hoolihan and yelled,

“What the hell is going on down

| there--I feel like I just got a bag of

shit smashed in my face!" Day
demanded a meeting with the
DCSS executive to explain their ac-

~ tions regarding the Foundation.

At the meeting, Day said that

| there had been a steady pattern of_

behaviour from the DCSS even
though their requests for high level

| political participation on the
| Foundation’s board were treated

with great respect. "If the executive

_ or senate of the DCSS believe the

Foundation and what it stands for is

| not worthy of support, that is their

right, but the president and the

Foundation had a right to know.
Shane Pollack said that the

senate had passed a policy to the ef-

fect that no donations would come

from the capital funds. The funds

| would have to be raised.

Anena Johnston said,"I think the

| student society has always been

cooperative and that the Founda-

| tion being “not worthy’ was com-

pletely incorrect.” She said that the

senates concern was to provide stu-
dents with services not provided by
the college and direct financial sup-
port should not come from their
small levy.

Rick Shepherd said he definitely
supports the Foundation and that he
and Julian Smit had been investigat-
ing various fundraising pos-
sibilities.

Both Randi Duke and Bill Day
said that they could understand if
the DCSS was having financial
problems. Duke wondered why Pol-
lack had not mentioned this at any
of their board meetings and re-
quested that he make a full report on
the DCSS financial situation at the
next meeting on the 27th. Duke also
requested that the financial status of
the DCSS be published in the Other
Press. She believes that open com-
munication can only enhance the
society’s public image.

Duke thinks that students should
know what the DCSS’ vision for
student aid is and " together we can
do something very positive here.”

‘At the AGM, Pollack stated that
students donating money being
rewarded back to them was just
creating a big circle.

Shepherd had been trying to use
the donation as a bargaining tool for
leverage in establishing a pub.

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Students en JOY lighter moment of entertainment in the concourse

 

 

 

Volume XXIV_ Issue XI

OP
Vandalized

by Aeriol Alderking

On Friday, the Other Press
lounge area was vandalized. The
phone cover was broken into
several pieces and two boxes of
used chemicals had been slashed,
leaking rank-smelling fluid onto
the floor.

A reporter’s notes had been
taken from his book and were
found in the trash can across the
hall.

The Other Publication
Society’s board has now closed
the lounge area to students. They

Happenings In Space or Is It ?

by Aeriol Alderking

Like all famous stories begin:

Once upon a time, in a land far
away, there was a student society
gearing up for their annual elec-
tions. Yes, it was time, once again,
to choose the best candidates for
Galactica College Student Society.

There was a great commotion
caused when one of the candidates
posted his banner, only twelve feet
long, over the exit doors, taking
great care not to cover the exit sign.
The CRO (Chief Returning Officer)
disqualified the candidate, but he
quickly reappeared running for
another executive position.

The all-candidates meeting went
well, with a few candidates fielding
a flurry of questions regarding their
ethics. Many lies were told but no
one seemed to mind and the
remainder of the elections was un-
eventful.

Alas, a reporter for the Galactic
Tribune, recieved an interesting call
that was to interrupt these peaceful
events. A student had been
promised a paid position in return
for her influence in favor of one of
the candidates. Wondering what the
appropriate action would be, the
reporter went to see the society’s
secretary, who was most
knowledgable in constitutional and
legal affairs.

The secretary said that the can-
didate would probably be dis-
qualified by the CRO. However,
elections were over and it didn’t
matter now. "What if the candidate
was elected?” asked the reporter.
The secretary said that she should
call the CRO and supplied his cor-
rect name and phone number.

The reporter phoned the CRO.
He didn’t know if he could do any-
thing about it and said he needed a
signed statement from the student.
So, the reporter met with the student
and took her statement which the
student then edited, initialled, and
signed along with the reporter and
an unbiased witness.

The student said that this can-
didate had asked her to run for vice
president with her and that she had
replied "only if the position paid".

The reporter knew this to be true as
she was present during this conver-
sation. Apparently after the
reporter’s departure the conversa-
tion addressed the money issue
more seriously.

Months prior to the election this
student had approached the presi-
dent about a position she was creat-
ing. The president asked her about
herself and her affiliations as the job
was that of student liason.Now, the
president’s protegee was believed
to be saying that if she was elected
she would do everything in her
power to create this position and
that she thought this student would
be a good candidate for the job. Of
course, she would have to discuss
the amount of pay available with the
current president and the senate.

"I was flattered and interested in
the position...Also during this time
she asked me if I was interested in
doing the newsletter as a part of the
student liason position. I said,
*Sure’." So, the students basic un-
derstanding was that " if I helped
her run for president and that she
was elected, that there was a good
chance that the position of student
liason would probably be made
available to me specifically as a
paid position.”

The student helped edit her cam-
paign speech, handed out leaflets,

and told friends to vote for this can-
didate. In the student’s opinion, she
was in a position to effect the out-
come of the election because she
has affiliations with certain centers
in the college. "I am well-respected
and trusted by my peers and I feel
many took my advice".

The night of the elections , the

student received a call from her can- ae :

didate who was triumphant and said
that they would meet in the next few
days. They never met and the new
president-elect did not return her
calls. When she was reached, the
president-elect made non-commit-
tal statements, saying she would
have to talk to the current president;
the student felt that " she was play-
ing games”.

In a final attempt to get the mat-
ter clarified for herself, she called
and demanded an immediate
answer.The current president was
present at the president-elect’s
home and apparently stated, "I
didn’t promise you the job, the
president-elect did."The president
went further to say that she had no
power to make the job payable, but
if the student wanted, she could run
for the position when it came avail-
able in the fall."She said there
would be a good chance that I’ll get
it because no one else was likely to

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percent.

Some rea

were slower to catch on.
The Other Press thanks all

tion and warm to enthusiastic

 

April Fools

Douglas College students can rest assured that the col-
lege will not be moving, nor will student fees be raised 500

In the last issue of the Other Press (April 4, 1988), two
stories entitled “New Campus for College” and “More fee
hikes” were run as part of an “April Fools” edition of the
Other Press.Unfortunately, the raffle of the past DCSS ex-
ecutive, planned for the AGM, never took place either.
This may be due to quorum being called for.

The response to our April Fools articles were varied.

cee immediately spotted the joke while others

helped make April Fools a success!

its readers for their partici a-
responses to the articles. You